Maine Learning Results:Social Studies- E. History
E1 Historical Knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns
Grade 9-Diploma "Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877" Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the United States and World history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the World.
b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future.
What understandings are desired?
Students will understand that:(U)
•The causes of the Civil War go beyond slavery.
•The impact of the State of Maine in the Civil War.
•The end of the war extended beyond the Treaty of Appomattox.
What essential questions will be considered?
Essential Questions:(Q)
•Why are the causes of the Civil War important?
•How did the State of Maine impact the outcome of the Civil War?
•Why is Reconstruction important in signifying the end of the war?
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Students will know:(K)
Students will be able to do:(S)
•Important Events and People: Joshua Chamberlain, Robert E. Lee,
Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Gettysburg,
Appomattox, Bull Run
•Sequence and Timelines: Timeline of the events leading to war, the war itself,
and also Reconstruction
•Terminology: Labels of both sides of the battles, weaponary, battle formations,
the various government terms
•Explain the causes of the Civil War.
•Judge the outcome of the war.
•Apply critical thinking skills to the battles.
•b. Analyze the Civil War and its themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States.
•Consider the impact of the Civil War on the United States today.
•Recognize the impact of the State of Maine in the Civil War.
Stage 1 Identify Desired Results
E1 Historical Knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns
Grade 9-Diploma "Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877"
Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the United States and World history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the World.
b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future.
What understandings are desired?
•The impact of the State of Maine in the Civil War.
•The end of the war extended beyond the Treaty of Appomattox.
What essential questions will be considered?
•How did the State of Maine impact the outcome of the Civil War?
•Why is Reconstruction important in signifying the end of the war?
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Gettysburg,
Appomattox, Bull Run
•Sequence and Timelines: Timeline of the events leading to war, the war itself,
and also Reconstruction
•Terminology: Labels of both sides of the battles, weaponary, battle formations,
the various government terms
•Judge the outcome of the war.
•Apply critical thinking skills to the battles.
•b. Analyze the Civil War and its themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States.
•Consider the impact of the Civil War on the United States today.
•Recognize the impact of the State of Maine in the Civil War.
2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and JayMcTighe